THE release of some results from the 2016 census has shown incremental changes to the population of the Logan City Council region since the last census in 2011, so what’s changed?
You’re older
It might be only one year, but the average Logan City resident has matured, from 33 in 2011 to 34 in 2017. Don’t let your old age go to your head, however, because it brought other changes with it...
You’ve got more kids
It was possible to have an average of 1.9 kids in 2011, but that increased to a more sensible two children per family in 2016.
There’s more of you
The biggest change in five years is the amount of people living in Logan City, which jumped from 278,050 people in 2011 to a whopping 303,386 people in 2016. No wonder the local council budget was such a big task, because Logan City is the sixth-largest local government population in the country.
You’ve built more homes
In the five years since 2011, a total of 9354 new homes were built in Logan City. That’s a leap from 100,522 private dwellings to 109,876 in 2016. The increase is no doubt one of the causes for the housing affordability issues in the region.
More of you are at school
In Logan, 31 per cent of people were attending an educational institution in 2016. Of these, 31.1pc were in primary school, 22.8pc in secondary school and 15.8pc in a tertiary or technical institution. Compare that with 30.2pc of people attending an educational institution in 2011 (31.8pc in primary school, 22.2pc in secondary school and 15.4pc in a tertiary or technical institution).
You earn more
$1416 was the average weekly income of Logan City households in 2016, up from $1263 back in 2011.
But you’re paying more too
Particularly if you’re a renter. Average weekly rent in 2011 was $300, but in 2016 it’s risen to $335. For mortgage holders, there’s some good news, since average weekly mortgage repayments dropped from $1800 in 2011 to $1733 in 2016.
For more census information head to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
